Not as excited about the May tourney anymore

sodapopd

sodapopd

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When I heard that we will be playing on diamond tables this may, I could hardly wait to play. whats not to like. Responsive rails. Normal cue ball. A table that plays fast and tight. Even though it is a small, small table, it is a table that requires the player to have some small, meager amount of ball pocketing skills...well, so much for that fairy tale.
A couple of fellow pool players came back from the 9-ball bca tourney in oct with news that the pockets of the diamonds are now buckets and not just any buckets they are huge, wide gaping monsters(like the valleys were), instead of the pro-cut pockets. Apparently a lot of players in the _ _ _ complained and the _ _ _ league threatened w/their contract if something was not done to fix the problem of these tables, that were spitting balls out left and rignt. God forbid some(enter skill level) handicapped league player hits the rail a good foot and a half in front of the pocket and have the ball not go in. :rolleyes:
All in all I'm just a little :rolleyes: discouraged that this change has been made to these tables. I'm not even remotley close to being as excited about the may bca tourney as I was a few weeks ago. :(
Just wanted to get that out of my system and see what other people thought.
 
I won't play on small tables period.

It doesn't matter to me because I won't play on small tables except on rare occasion. It changes the game too much. Let me illustrate this a little.

I am stuck in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba until December, I have been here for five months. They only have bar boxes and a friend of mine bought the only eight foot table on the island,(only part of the island I can access anyways). It's a nice one piece slate table. I played on it for one night, and instead of practicing on it I have been hitting a tennis ball on my bed to keep in stroke and hitting two plastic practice golf balls at cracks in the wall to keep up my visual acuity and aiming skills. LOL. Well normally I'd practice on an eight foot but whenever my friends watching movies he rolls the table out of the way and there's not room to play and I won't play on a bar box.
 
What'd you do Jaden?

Jaden said:
I am stuck in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba until December, I have been here for five months. They only have bar boxes...
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What kind of enemy combatant are you Jaden, or is just being a Pool player enough these days? Did you get caught hustling some General's daughter? Posted too many flames on some disreputable online forum perhaps?

All those weenines at the Red Cross keep complaining about the inhumane conditions at Gitmo and here's Jaden telling us he's locked up with only a Bar box to play on. Reminds me of this verse from The Mikado:

"The billiard sharp whom anyone catches,
His doom's extremely hard ---
He's made to dwell ---
In a dungeon cell
On a spot that's always barred.
And there he plays extravagant matches
In fitless finger-stalls
On a cloth untrue
With a twisted cue
And elliptical billiard balls."

W. S. Gilbert, The Mikado
 
sodapopd said:
When I heard that we will be playing on diamond tables this may, I could hardly wait to play. whats not to like. Responsive rails. Normal cue ball. A table that plays fast and tight. Even though it is a small, small table, it is a table that requires the player to have some small, meager amount of ball pocketing skills...well, so much for that fairy tale.
A couple of fellow pool players came back from the 9-ball bca tourney in oct with news that the pockets of the diamonds are now buckets and not just any buckets they are huge, wide gaping monsters(like the valleys were), instead of the pro-cut pockets. Apparently a lot of players in the _ _ _ complained and the _ _ _ league threatened w/their contract if something was not done to fix the problem of these tables, that were spitting balls out left and rignt. God forbid some(enter skill level) handicapped league player hits the rail a good foot and a half in front of the pocket and have the ball not go in. :rolleyes:
All in all I'm just a little :rolleyes: discouraged that this change has been made to these tables. I'm not even remotley close to being as excited about the may bca tourney as I was a few weeks ago. :(
Just wanted to get that out of my system and see what other people thought.
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SOSAPOPD: I read this post last week and said to myself, "self, his friends can't be right.

I contacted the head honcho and was told that no such thing happened. These were the same Smart Tables that we always play on. No enlarged pockets. No demands by League Operatoprs. Just bull***** from your friends. Thought you just might want to know. Hope to see you in Vegas this May....randyg
 
randyg said:
SOSAPOPD: I read this post last week and said to myself, "self, his friends can't be right.

I contacted the head honcho and was told that no such thing happened. These were the same Smart Tables that we always play on. No enlarged pockets. No demands by League Operatoprs. Just bull***** from your friends. Thought you just might want to know. Hope to see you in Vegas this May....randyg
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Randy,
I hope that you are right, I'm still planning on going in May, I mostly just wanted to find out if anyone else had noticed anything w/the tables. What team do you play on in vegas? I'm not entirely certain, but if your team is from Texas, we may have played before.
sodapopd
 
RandyG is correct. Nothing has changed. Same tables, same pockets. The only that changed was the addition of Tournament Blue cloth and the awesome new light that really lets "ya see the ball!"

All comments we heard on the tables were great.

Mark Griffin, CEO
BCA Pool League
 
sodapopd said:
Randy,
I hope that you are right, I'm still planning on going in May, I mostly just wanted to find out if anyone else had noticed anything w/the tables. What team do you play on in vegas? I'm not entirely certain, but if your team is from Texas, we may have played before.
sodapopd
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"Texas Express" of course.....SPF-randyg
 
oldroller said:
Texas Is A Biig Place
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Well...yeah. :rolleyes:
even though it is a big place, my team managed to play the same texas team two times out of three vegas trips in may.


Randy,
Now that you mentioned your team name, I do believe that I can picture most of your team. You have an excellent team. See you in May.
 
Mark Griffin said:
RandyG is correct. Nothing has changed. Same tables, same pockets. The only that changed was the addition of Tournament Blue cloth and the awesome new light that really lets "ya see the ball!"

All comments we heard on the tables were great.

Mark Griffin, CEO
BCA Pool League
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That blue cloth has got to go, Mark. Pool tables should only be green!
 
Mark Griffin said:
RandyG is correct. Nothing has changed. Same tables, same pockets. The only that changed was the addition of Tournament Blue cloth and the awesome new light that really lets "ya see the ball!"

All comments we heard on the tables were great.

Mark Griffin, CEO
BCA Pool League
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Mark,
thanks for the confirmation and I'm all for the blue cloth.

sodapopd
 
Mark Griffin said:
RandyG is correct. Nothing has changed. Same tables, same pockets. The only that changed was the addition of Tournament Blue cloth and the awesome new light that really lets "ya see the ball!"

All comments we heard on the tables were great.

Mark Griffin, CEO
BCA Pool League
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Just got back from vegas on Sat. Overall I had a blast, fun tourney. The 9-ball event was a nice bonus to play in.
Just wanted to post that the tables did indeed have larger pockets. The diamonds that I play on will not allow two balls to pass through the pocket, they get jammed up. The pockets that we played on in vegas had room to spare on either side of the balls. Now I know that we were all playing on the same equiptment, blah, blah, blah....but it is still quite frustrating to see somebody hit a really, really bad shot and still have it go in.
Other than that, the tournament was great, fast tables, excellent competition.
 
Huge, gaping holes

If they were buckets, how many racks did you run? :p

I don't need a devil's advocate. :confused:

And I like barboxes, damnit! :eek:

If pool was meant for 9 footers, I'd be taller. :D
 
sodapopd said:
God forbid some(enter skill level) handicapped league player hits the rail a good foot and a half in front of the pocket and have the ball not go in. :rolleyes:
All in all I'm just a little :rolleyes: discouraged that this change has been made to these tables. I'm not even remotley close to being as excited about the may bca tourney as I was a few weeks ago. :(
Just wanted to get that out of my system and see what other people thought.
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Pop-man,
I'm pretty sure that it was that weenie breakup that complained. His theory is that if he misses that shot in the side, it ought to go in the corner.
 
Williebetmore said:
Pop-man,
I'm pretty sure that it was that weenie breakup that complained. His theory is that if he misses that shot in the side, it ought to go in the corner.
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Nice burn, subtle but nice. :p
 
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